Christina Hendricks' Look Book
We chart Mad Men bombshell and November GLAMOUR cover girl Christina Hendrick's best ever hair and beauty looks.
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In 2004, lesser-known actress Christina Hendricks was already cutting a fine figure on the red carpet. The daughter of an American mother and British father, Christina has already been dyeing her hair red since the age of 10, after reading Anne Of Green Gables as youngster. With that mop of fiery red hair and English rose complexion, it would be a couple of years yet until the polished form of her most famous character came to be.
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Having already starred in a whole host of TV shows like Firefly and ER, Christina Hendricks was becoming a household name and a red carpet regular. Sporting poker-straight tangerine locks, the 30-year-old star looked the picture of mid-Noughties beauty.
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However, it wasn't until her beak-out role as 50s sexbomb Joan Holloway in Mad Men that world really start to take notice of Christina. With her ginger locks piled into a chic chignon, she became an instant hair and beauty icon – as well as a bona fide pin-up.
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At the season premiere of Mad Men, Christina proves that she can do youthful modern glamour just as well as old school beauty, charming the pants off of us with tousled bedhead hair and dark smoky eyes.
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Looking every inch the Hollywood ingénue, Christina chopped off her russet locks into a bob after filming wrapped on the first season of Mad Men. With super-rosy cheeks and a bright berry lip, Ms. Hendrick's had also just been introduced to her future husband; 500 Days Of Summer star Geoffrey Arend. Could this be the look of love?
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At the launch of fellow AMC programme Breaking Bad, Christina works a pinned-back side-swept style proving that bobs don't have to be boring with signature minimal make-up.
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After Mad Men scoops a whole host of nominations during award season, Christina Hendricks marks the occasion at a show party with brightly hued extensions and a pinned back up-do.
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But just weeks later, Christina goes back to her original style, sporting a shorter, more disheveled bob and dark roots.
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Working a distinctly androgynous style at the second season wrap party in October of the same year, Christina keeps the look effortlessly feminine with a 20s take on her bob, dewy skin and a wash of metallic shadow on the eyes.
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Looking resplendent at the Golden Globes, Christina teases her hair into loose tendrils of corkscrew curls whilst working the look with a feline flick of liner, perfectly groomed brows and a hot pink lip.
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Oh la la! Christina Hendricks channels her inner Parisienne at an awards bash with sultry smoky eyes, porcelain skin and blood red lips. Not forgetting that obligatory beret, either. Love it!
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At the premiere of her soon-to-be husband's movie, 500 Days Of Summer, Christina looks on sparkling form with a fashionable and simple ponytail, which is set off with lashings of height at the crown, for that extra wow factor.
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Marriage appears to be suiting Christina Hendricks as the Mad Men star looked positively radiant at Fashion Week in New York, just four months after tying the knot. With artfully swept up hair and barely-there make-up, Mrs. Arend looks dreamy.
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You can't keep a sexbomb down for too long though and Christina channelled a bit of retro glamour for the Emmys red carpet that year. Looking like a modern-day Marilyn Monroe, the red lipstick complete with red curls is a hair and beauty home run, in our books.
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Growing out her bob, Christina shows off her new longer locks to perfection with a big bouncy blow-dry, fluttery lashes and a sugary pink lip.
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At the Golden Globes Christina ramps up the glam factor with big hair and a dress in a hue to match her locks and coral lips.
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Showing off her newly darkened red tresses, Christina takes a different tack at the SAGs, opting for heavily kohl-lined graphic eyes and a side-swept quiff for a glamorous take on the trend.
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Named as the face of Vivienne Westwood's Palladium jewellery line, Christina once again chops off her long russet locks, this time in favour of a LOB complete with side-sweeping fringe. With pinched pink cheeks and a rich coral hue on the lip, Ms. Hendricks always manages to let her natural beauty shine through.
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A gorgeous blow-dry, lashings of mascara and copper-rimmed eyes make Christina's bright blue peepers pop with colour, at a party in New York.
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Getting more experimental with her look, Christina whips her auburn tresses into cutesy Princess Leila-inspired buns with just a hunt of rarely seen bronzer on the cheeks.
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Looking preternaturally beautiful at the New York premiere of I Don't Know How She Does It, Christina works a face-framing up-do, blush pink cheeks and just a slick of dusty metallic shadow to make sure all eyes are on her.
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Super-voluminous bob, strong brows and strawberry-red lips are a winner at the Emmy Awards, months later.
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Sporting yet another glossy blow-dry; Christina shows that she's hit her hair and beauty stride. Ever the make-up minimalist, Ms. Hendricks perfect complexion is off-set by delicately grey kohl-lined eyes and a hint of berry gloss on the lip.
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Showing off a more auburn hue, Christina's easy-breezy up-do is a refreshing change from the super-done red carpet looks of late, while the false lash effect and fire engine red lip make the look chic and modern, at the same time.
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Hair and beauty perfection is the call of the day at the Hollywood Foreign Press Association Annual Luncheon in Hollywood.
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Taking a different tack at a party in Los Angeles, Christina goes for a pared down look with poker-straight locks and a full-fat side-swept fringe.
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Looking like a red-headed Brigitte Bardot, Christina Hendricks wows with the perfect half-down, half-up do, big 60s-inspired lashes and a muted pink lip. This is hands-down one of favourite looks on La Hendricks.
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Never one to put a foot wrong on the red carpet, Christina once again wows the crowds at the Emmy Awards. Complementing her oyster gown with that fiery red hair hue, her flawless complexion complete with doe-eyed lashing of mascara and a fuchsia lip prove how less is always more at a big event. Sigh, can we just be her?
2012
As one of the three cover girls on GLAMOUR’s big November issue TV Special (Hendricks is also joined by Modern Family’s Sophia Vergara and Downton Abbey’s Jessica Brown Findlay), Christina positively sizzles as she opens up about love, life and TV!
